Overview

In the aftermath of the supervolcano’s eruption in Yellowstone Park, North America is covered in ash. Farmlands cannot produce food. Machinery has been rendered useless. Cities are no longer habitable. And the climate across the globe grows colder every day.

Former police officer Colin Ferguson’s family is spread across the United States, separated by the catastrophe and struggling to survive as the ...

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In the aftermath of the supervolcano’s eruption in Yellowstone Park, North America is covered in ash. Farmlands cannot produce food. Machinery has been rendered useless. Cities are no longer habitable. And the climate across the globe grows colder every day.

Former police officer Colin Ferguson’s family is spread across the United States, separated by the catastrophe and struggling to survive as the nation attempts to recover and reestablish some measure of civilization....

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“Turtledove is a master of operating on a grand scale, using interconnected stories of individuals to tell a much larger tale....He treats this massive disaster in a realistic fashion, creating a world that tries to limp along in the aftermath of the greatest blow nature has ever struck against modern man.”—The Maine Edge

“A classic Turtledove view of the world through the eyes of the little people story....I am looking forward to seeing how the Fergusons survive the coming action.”—SFRevu

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“Turtledove is a master of operating on a grand scale, using interconnected stories of individuals to tell a much larger tale....He treats this massive disaster in a realistic fashion, creating a world that tries to limp along in the aftermath of the greatest blow nature has ever struck against modern man.”—The Maine Edge

“A classic Turtledove view of the world through the eyes of the little people story....I am looking forward to seeing how the Fergusons survive the coming action.”—SFRevu

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Harry Turtledove—the New York Times bestselling author of numerous alternate history novels, including The Guns of the South, How Few Remain, and the Worldwar quartet—has a Ph.D. in Byzantine history. Nominated numerous times for the Nebula Award, he has won the Hugo, Sidewise, and John Esthen Cook Awards.

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Anonymous

Posted December 21, 2012

This was my first ,and last, Harry Turtledove book. None of the

This was my first ,and last, Harry Turtledove book. None of the characters are likeable. There is no plot, just several unpleasant people living their unpleasant lives. I waited for a story to come together, thinking that something would knit their lives into a drama or mystery but, it never happened. A completely unsatisfying read.

9 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted January 8, 2013

Pretty Grim

It's supposed to be pretty grim. The tone of the book is very negative. The characters are dysfuctional. The society is very dysfunctional. I would expect it to be after what could be an extinction level event such as the eruption of the Yellowstone caldera. The society is in denial that the world as they know it is over forever. The characters know and their own little world comes unglued along with it. The coping strategies of each character is different and run from denial to fatalism. Having such different ways of dealing with it would naturally precipitate some kind of conflict. By and large the characters aren't all that likable. I doubt that many people would be very pleasant knowing that slow starvation is a good possibility. This is the most optimistic scenario I have seen regarding the future eruption of Yellowstone. Most scenarios have ninety-nine percent of the human race dead in the time line of the books thus far. I'm interested in finding out how long he thinks L.A. will actually last. What has been going on in N.Y.? Why aren't there plagues from failing sewage treatment plants? In my opinon society has coped far too well in the three or four year span of the story. It isn't one of Turtledove's best but I wouldn't be as negative as the other reviews. Besides he rather succintly put why the Serbs and Croats hate each other, something that isn't esy to do.

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted December 25, 2012

Boring!

Wasted 12.99 of my money along with a few hours of time. Don't waste yours on this boring story of a family living after the yellowstone supervolcano eruption. Unlikable characters and a plot that consists of people arguing, having kids, complaining about life and each other. This isn't what we expect from the master of alternative history. More dreadful than liberating Atlantis.

4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted September 27, 2013

Great If You Want To Get A Sense Of Survival In A Mega-Crisis

A mega-crisis is going to bring out the best and worst in societies. Turtledove uses a disfunctional and seperated family as the vehicle for describing what it might take to survive a mega-crisis which is just to the good side of total social destruction. Thanks for this and the previous read.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted January 11, 2013

not his usual effort

Boring!! Not about disaster aftermath, but about the characters personal interaction. Not what I expected.

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted April 16, 2014

Sequel

Thought it would be a great continuation of the first book but found it to be boring with no excitment. Kept waiting for a page turner, never happened. Afraid to buy the third.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Anonymous

Posted March 13, 2014

BORING!

Very disapointing follow up to the first book. Don't waste your $ or time.

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ljparker2983

Posted January 4, 2014

Bored. Women have a hard time in this book. I thought I'd give i

Bored. Women have a hard time in this book. I thought I'd give it a chance. Within the last few pages of finishing I quit. I'll never know what happened to the characters and could care less.

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Anonymous

Posted August 28, 2013

Nothing.

Bought this book after reading the first one and there is nothing there. It loads and opens to all blank pages. Be aware people! Anyone know of a way to fix that?

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